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try changing your ide cable first or making sure it is plugged in all the
way.
try using a bootfloppy with fdisk.exe
if you get 4 options, there is a problem
if you get 5 options
(change drives being the 5th) then there is still hope
it is just a matter of finding what is the culpret

"Sandy (Idaho Ghost)" <> wrote in message
news:...
> My mothers pc has 2 drives
> C: .... primary (WDC)
> D: ... slave (Maxtor)
>
> Pc ...
> Micron 120 (old)
>
> She has had no problems until today.
> When she boots up, it all of the sudden does not show a second disk.
>
> We get the win98 logo, and the EZ-BIOS startup notice and that is it.
> It is like EZ-Bios can no longer see it. I tried booting with a
> win98 startup disk ... no luck ...
>
> I downloaded and ran the Maxtor "PowerMax" diagnostic software and ran
> it. It appears to be able to read it and says "Congratulations, no
> problems"
>
> So, it can read it, but the Bios boot-up can not. (it worked fine for
> years). Also, F2 to setup, shows it is there. I don't know what
> to look for next.
>
> Does anyone know if there might be a corrupt file and if so, what file
> it might be and where would I find it?
>
> Thank you for any help, suggestions, etc.
> Sandy
> Idaho Ghost
>

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